Balloting-machine.



PATENTED APR. 5, 1904. lDOUGHBRTY BALLOTING MACHINE. APETLICATION FILED JUNE 4, 1 902.

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OF ST. JOSEPH, MlSSOURh SPEGFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 756,602, dated April, 1904.

. Application filed June l1,1902. Serial No. 110,161. (No model.)

To (L7/Z whom. 'it ntf/.y concern.:

Be it known that LVILLIAM M 1') oUo n ifiivrv,

'a citizen ot the United States, anda resident of sst. Joseph, in the county ot' Buchanan and State of Missouri, have invented a new and .lmproved Ballotingl\'Iacliine, of which the tollowing is a full, clear, and exact description. This invention relates toA certain improvements in the balloting-machine disclosed in my prior patent, No. 614,800, dated November 22, 1899. The present improvements lie in the devices for operating the numbering or counting means, and by these improved devicesl provide against the possibility of casting a vote for more than one candidate for an ottice'by a single voter.

Thisspeciiication is an exact description of one example ot' my invent-ion, while the claims deiine the actual scope thereof.

Reference is t-o be had to the accompanying i drawings, termin g a part ot' this speciiication,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theaviews.

Figure 1 is a plan view of one/otv the numbering devices and the adjacent parts. 1 Figa 2 is a section on the line 2 2 ot1 Fig. 1. -Fig.

3 is a similar view showing the parts in a dit'- ferentposition. Fig. L1 'is a" section taken through the numbering devices. front view showing the lock-plates, and Fig. 6 is a plan Viewv ot one oi' said plates.

ln the following specification 1 shall not dcscribe such elements asrcmain in the mac-liine iincliangedwith' respect to vmy prior patent above mentioned. This descrii'ition will be coniined to the parts which have been altered I and to the new elements which have been introduced.

As best shown in Figs'. 1, 2, and 3, the arm 12, swinging around the shat't 11, is'provided i with a pin 4.9, and this pin engages the tree end of the arm L17, which is fastened to and turns with the shat't Li2. Fasten ed to the side o1 the casing containing the nun'ibeiing appa* ratus, as best shown in Fig. 5, are spring-dogs 50, which project upward and have their free ends arrangedto press against the tree ends ci5 the respective arms 117 in appreximatelv the horizontal planes ot the bottom sides ol the pins L19 when safid pinsarc raised with the Fig. 5 is a arms 12 to the position lshown in Fig. 2. Then any one oi. the arms 12 is thrown down to register avete, the pin 1E) ot' said arni strikes the end ot' the arn'ifl'?, throwing the said arm trom the position shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig.' The arm a7 being attached to the shaft L12 throws this shaft and causes all ot the other arms #17 to be moved downward. The several springs then swing inward, since the arms L17 are disengaged from the springs, and said springs lie under the pins 49 of the arms 12, which have not been lowered, thus preventing the downward movement 'of the remaining arms. Should the tirst-namedfarm 12 be returned to raised position, the spring 50 will im'- mediatelyY pass under its pin 19 and a second operation o'l' this arm will be prevented. rllhe arms 17 will remain in the lowered position, as explained in my previous patent,iintil the Voter leaves the booth, and then said arin's are re-v turned by the action ot the slide 236 and its coacting parts. ,lhe downward movement ot' the arm above described registers a single vote on the numbering apparatus, which is formed of the disks 15, 17, 18, and '19. 1t will therefore be seen that when one ot the arms. 12 et' a horizont-al row of counting devices is lowered this lowering movement causes all ot' the other arms to be locked by the springs 5l), and the instant that the iirst named or operatedl arm 12 is. returned it is .itself locked by thel spring 5() thereof, and

.that these .parts ystay thus locked until the voter departs 'from the booth, whereupon the arms 47 are thrown back to the position shown in Fig. 2 and the dogs 5() are disengaged Jfrom the pins L19. (See theJ t'nll and dotted lines' in Fig. 5.)

To prevent all ot the arms 12 troni being .drawn down siniultaneously. l provide the lock-plates (Shown in Figs. 1, o, and These ,locleplates are one Vfor cach numbering device and are mounted horizontally, so that the lock-plates ot one horizontal row of ntlnr boring devices are in al inement.. The ends of said lock@- plates are beveled, as indicated at 53", and these beveled ends are reduced, so that theyv may overlapI each other, as indicated best in lFigs. 1 and ciprings 51 are provided t'oreach loclt-platethese springs holding the loci plates vieldiuglx in the intermediate posit-ion. (Illustrated in Fig. 5.) indicatesA pins or screws which are passed through `longitmlinally-disposed slots 53" in the loch'- plates, and by means of these devices the lockplates are held to have a limited horizontal movement independently of each other. The

beveled ends 53 oiI the lock-plates lie immediately under the arms 12, as Fig. 5 shows.

lVhen one of the arms l2 is drawndownward,

it engages the bevelededges 53u below it and divides the lock-plates into two divisions, said divisions being moved toward opposite ends. oi the voting-machine. This allows the said arm which has been operated to' be moved down unobstructed; but it displaces the lockplate with respect to the other arms@ and these arms are therefore heldvraised, and it. will be impossible to move them downward so long as the first-named arm is lowered. It'

it be attempted to move all ot the arms 12 down simultaneously, it is clear that there will be no relative movement of thelock-plates 53, and consequently all of the armswill be locked. The springs 54 serve to hold the lockplates in the position shown in Fig. 5; but' these springs permit the loek-platesto yield toward either end as their operation may require, said springs eng .ging studs 53 on the lock-plates and also engaging stop-studs 5st on the counter-boxes, which latter studs hold the springs 54 in the proper position.

4The spring-dogs 5() of the present invention and the pins 49 coaeting therewith and with the arms 47 are new features which Ataire the place of the elements 48, 49, 50, and 51 described in my -prior patent, above referred to, and the lock-plates 53, with their peculiar construction and arrangement, as described inthe above specification, takethe place of the lock-plates 53 described in my prior pat-V ent. In other respects the apparatus does not differ `from that shown in my prior patent.l

Various changes in the form and details of my invention may be resorted'to at will with'- out departing from the spirit of my invention; Hence I consider myself entitled to all forms of the invention as may lie within the intent of my claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- l. 1n a balloting-machine, the combination with the numbering devices, of arms mounted to swing respectively to operate the numbering devices, a rock-shaft, arms fixed tothe rockshaft and respectively in connection with the rst-named arms, and spring-dogs for the ing against the arms to lock them, a second series, of swinging arms serving normally to restrain the dogs, and a cnnection between the members of said second series of arms to cause them to move in unison.

4. In a balloting-machine, the combination with the record ing means, of movable members respectively to operate them, spring-dogs acting against said movable members to lock them, a second series of movable members serving normally to restrain the dogs, the second series of movable members being' arranged in the path of the first series otl movable mem bers, for the purpose specified, and a `connection between the members of the said second series of movable rmmnbers.

5. .ln a balloting-maehine, the combination .with the counting or numbering means, of

movable members respectively to operate them, dogs coacting with said movable members to lock them, a second series of movable members serving normallyto restrain the dogs, the second series of movable members being arranged in the path lof .the iirst series oi' movable members, and a connection .between the members oi' the said second series of'movab'le members.

(5. In a balloting'fmacliine, the combination with the counting or numbeilng means, of a movable member to operate it, a dogcoacting v.with the movable member to lock it, and a second movable member in the path ci the irst'movable member and serving normally to restrain the dog. O

1n testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subseribing witnesses.

WILLIAM M. DOUGHERTY.

Witnesses:

BENJANI. POTTER, WILLiAM M, SNAIL.

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